Disease consultation frequencies for the district of Niono.

Disease consultation frequencies for the district of Niono are expressed as percentages (%) from the total number of recorded consultations during the investigational period (01/1996–06/2004). Diarrhea, acute respiratory infection (ARI) of the lower tract, and malaria account for 59.2% of all consultations (333 990) that were recorded in the district of Niono [39] during this period. For comparison, the disease frequencies for the district of Gao (2005) are also displayed [41] in the last column. This table confirms that targeting diarrhea, ARI, and malaria is imperative to reduce morbidity, and presumably mortality, in the district of Niono, Mali.